On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 12:18:14PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Kirill Korotaev <dev@sw.ru> writes:
> 
> > yes, these patches are usable for OpenVZ AS IS, so I'm not sure
> > why we can't do step by step and commit. However I posted some comments on
> > patches...
> >
> > Eric do you have some STRONG objections (maybe I just missed it somewhere)?
> 
> - We do not handle interactions between processes in different uid
>   namespaces and still have the normal uid equality checks.
> - I am willing to be convinced that this is a nuclear missile the user
>   is allowed to shoot themselves in the foot with if someone can show me
>   how to use the current version safely.
> 
> A lot of this scares me silly as when ever you touch the primary
> identifier in the security checks you must be very very very careful.
> My gut feeling is that I'm nowhere near paranoid enough and the rest
> of you aren't even paranoid.
> 
> What I want to see is that every uid identity check becomes either
> a struct user comparison or a uid, uid_ns tuple comparison.

second that!

best,
Herbert

> Eric
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